Title :
Direct diode pumped Kerr lens modelocked Ti:Sapphire laser oscillator
Author :
Durfee, Charles G. ; Storz, Tristan ; Garlick, Jonathan ; Hill, Steven ; Squier, Jeff A. ; Kirchner, Matt ; Taft, Greg ; Shea, Kevin ; Kapteyn, Henry ; Murnane, Margaret ; Backus, Sterling
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Abstract :
We describe a Ti:sapphire laser pumped directly with 445nm laser diodes. With 44 mW average power at 800 nm and bandwidth for <;50 fs pulses, Kerr-lens-modelocked pulses are available with dramatically decreased pump cost.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; lenses; optical Kerr effect; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; direct diode pumped Kerr lens; laser diodes; laser pumping; mode locked Ti:sapphire laser oscillator; wavelength 445 nm; wavelength 800 nm; Atmospheric modeling; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Lenses; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
